The federation spawned, then later devolved into, the Scouts Lao, the Hội Hướng Đạo Việt Nam and the Angkar Khemarak Kayarith.

André Lefèvre, chief of the Eclaireurs de France, set up a training camp for 60 Scoutmasters from all over French Indochina in 1935 at Đà Lạt.

From 1939 through 1945, the political situation affected Scouting activities all across the country, as World War II engendered independence movements.

After the coup in March, 1945, Bao Dai was installed as the puppet ruler, and Vietnam was nominally independent.

[1] In 1946, the National Scoutmaster Conference unified the Scouting movements in the three regions of Vietnam, and the General Committee was established.